Vivian Schiller is the president and CEO of National Public Radio. She came to NPR in January after serving as the head of the digital branch of the New York Times. Schiller was in Milwaukee last week. She talks about how NPR fits into a changing media environment.
Tracy Perkins is the Administrative Director for the University of Wisconsin Eye Research Institute in Madison. The UW Eye Research Institute brings together researchers from seemingly divergent disciplines to look for answers to eye-specific diseases and conditions. She tells us how the multi-disciplinary approach works.
Andrea Mason is an assistant professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Her research into sensory feedback is part of the work being done at the UW Eye Research Institute. Mason explains how her research relates to the study of vision.
Lake Effect contributor Dr. Shaili Jain is a psychiatrist with Aurora Behavioral Health Services and a professor of psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She wrote a book about the relationship between physicians and drug companies, and she maintains a website about doctors’ bedside manners. This month, she tells us about social networking websites for doctors.
Mark Connelly teaches English at Milwaukee Area Technical College. He’s the author of the new book The Hardy Boys Mysteries: 1927 to 1979: A Cultural and Literary History, published by McFarland. He tells Lake Effect’s Dan Harmon how the series developed.